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Supreme Court's Hobby Lobby decision puts faith in compromise
On Monday the Supreme Court decided its most anticipated case of the year. According to a sharply divided 5-4 court, the government cannot compel a closely-held corporation to provide contraceptive coverage as part of its Affordable Care Act-mandated employee insurance plans.
This was the expected result: four conservatives in favor, four liberals against, and Justice Kennedy concurring in the middle. Yet while many are calling the ruling a victory for conservatives and a loss for women's (and by extension, LGBT) rights, Justice Alito's majority opinion is actually far more limited than many had expected. Here's why.
First, the opinion is limited to closely-held corporations. This distinction makes sense. An individual's beliefs may be attributed to a family-owned business much more reasonably than to a large corporation. Hobby Lobby, the named plaintiff in the case, is indeed large: it has over 500 stores, and over 13,000 employees. But it is family-owned, and the owners' devout Christian faith is evident throughout the company — including its advertising, product choices and employment policies.
Of course, progressives should object to any attribution of religious belief to a for-profit business. It's bad enough that corporations are people — now they are people with consciences. But the ship has already sailed on this question. As Justice Alito noted at oral argument, corporations are "persons" as defined in numerous federal laws. That would seem to include the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which set a high standard for any government action that affects religious exercise, and is at issue in this case. Companies having religious beliefs may not make much sense, but the Supreme Court is not addressing this question de novo; there are already laws on the books.
To be sure, in Hobby Lobby Justice Alito defended this proposition, writing that "a corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends." Well, yes and no — it also has its own legal status, liabilities, and interests. But it is indisputably a "person" under other laws, and now under RFRA as well.
Second, Justice Alito was at pains to say "our holding is very specific." The logic of the opinion can easily be extended: if Hobby Lobby can opt out of this law, then why not out of non-discrimination laws, to take but one example, as well? Justice Ginsburg raises this point in her unusually stern dissent.
Yet Justice Alito, and the concurring opinion by Justice Kennedy, specifically disclaimed this breadth. Such statements are what lawyers call "dicta," judicial utterances that don't quite have the force of law since they're not part of the foundation of the opinion. And surely, religious liberty advocates like the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Becket Fund (two of the organizations engineering this litigation) will quickly file more lawsuits.
But there's dicta, and there's dicta. These overt limitations in the court's opinion do suggest that future Hobby Lobby-based challenges will face an uphill battle. That is extremely important. Progressives are, of course, concerned about the thousands of women who will not receive contraceptive coverage from these employers. But they are even more concerned about the slippery slope: that a broad religious exemption here could lead to exemptions everywhere. Justice Alito's and Justice Kennedy's dicta may keep that from happening.
Third, and perhaps most relevant to the actual people involved in this case, the court only reached this result because there is already another system in place to provide this coverage: the Obama administration's backup plan for religious nonprofits. Under that plan — hammered out in a 2011 compromise with the same religious organizations that later brought this suit — religiously-affiliated nonprofits could opt out of the contraception requirement, and the government would pick up the tab.
Technically speaking, this backup plan means that the requirement itself is not the "least restrictive means" of securing contraception coverage, and is a key reason why the court found in Hobby Lobby's favor. In other words, it's hard for the government to say "this is the only way to do it" when, in fact, there's already another way to do it.
But the "backup plan" also has important real-world impact. Almost certainly, the women denied coverage by Hobby Lobby and similar companies will be able to opt-in to the "backup plan" and receive coverage that way. This means a great deal to those women and their families, of course. It also matters a great deal to everyone else, because when there's no "backup plan," there can be no religious exemption.
That means no exemption to nondiscrimination law, no exemption to other medical coverage, no exemption to any requirement where another mechanism is not already in place.
Is Justice Ginsburg wrong that this is "a decision of startling breadth"? Only time will tell. On its face, Justice Ginsburg is incorrect. But on the decision's logic, she may well turn out to be right.
For example, given the opinion's claim that a corporation is "simply a form of organization," why not extend Hobby Lobby to publicly-traded as well as closely-held corporations? Indeed, Justice Alito imagines what this might be like in his opinion, and seems not to mind it. That would remove one important limitation.
And even if the court says that Hobby Lobby doesn't affect anti-discrimination law, it has at least opened the door to more challenges. It may, indeed, invite "havoc," as Justice Ginsburg's dissent predicts.
By way of comparison,Windsor —  the same-sex marriage case decided only one year ago — was also written quite narrowly. Yet in just twelve months, we've seen a cascade of marriage cases expanding Windsor and finding marriage bans in a dozen states to be unconstitutional.
And finally, there is the cultural impact. Many commentators seem to forget that Hobby Lobby is also a case about women. Justice Ginsburg did not. Quoting Planned Parenthood v. Casey, she reminded us that "the ability of women to participate equally in the economic and social life of the Nation has been facilitated by their ability to control their reproductive lives." Even if Hobby Lobby doesn't practically affect the choices of the women to whom it applies, it is yet another blow against women's freedom as an important cultural, and constitutional, value.
Still, given how much broader the opinion could have been, and the fact that it was written by Justice Alito — who was contemptuous of the government's position at oral argument and who is himself a devout Catholic — it looks on closer inspection to be less of a cataclysm than a compromise.
PHOTOS: Anti-abortion demonstrators high five as the ruling for Hobby Lobby was announced outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
A protester dressed as a copy of the Bible joins groups demonstrating outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 30, 2014. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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"Even if Hobby Lobby doesn't practically affect the choices of the women to whom it applies, it is yet another blow against women's freedom as an important cultural, and constitutional, value." Constitutional value? Abortion inducing drugs, the taking of human life is NOT a value. In a culture of death perhaps it could be considered a value…but today, even with a marginal majority, children's voices were heard through those who defended them.
Drip, drip, drip – one step at a time the current "conservative" supreme court boys are eroding the rights of average Americans and their real target – as defined by ALEC in the 70s – is to get American women back in their homes, barefoot, pregnant and submissive and get minorities out of the voting booth. However, they have finally gone too far. We will elect Independents and Democrats this November, 2016 and beyond to overturn the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), which puts the rights of religious organizations to intrude on our lives ahead of our personal rights. No, No, No. This will not stand. Nor will "corporations are people" or "money is speech". The vast majority of Americans do not agree and are prepared to amend the Constitution to reflect the 21st century.
the Dred Scott decision for women's rights and others and authored by a right wing judicial extremist and Obama hater who lied his way onto the court. alito is judicial scum.
Jay the way in which you set forth a logical nterpretation of the Hobby Lobby decision is seamless and silky. Well put, as was your piece in The Daily Beast.
Sorry, I think Hobby Lobby is and always has been defined as persons of faith and their whole credence as a business has been consistent with that faith. The mere fact that some are having such a hard time accepting that a family owned christian value business DOES have the liberty afforded them under the Religious freedom act is just pathetic. The mere fact that women truly believe that Hobby Lobby is responsible for their sexual timing issues and stopping their egg from being fertilized during ovulation under the slam through ACA law is also a testament to how messed up personal responsbility is in America. Supreme court ruling on this one was dead on and persons and organizations of faith are entitled to the liberties of religious freedom. This company has never harmed a non believer, forced religion onto workers, made workers pray at work, they don't spam their customers with bible verse, they don't make applicants check a box declaring whether they are christians, they pay very good wages for full time workers which is rate in the retail industry. So good for the judges that decided this case based on the case's merits alone. It wasn't a broad stroke discrimination ruling as many screeching liberal nut cases are pretending it is.
Hobby Lobby pays a minimum wage of $14.00 dollars an hour to full time employees. They provide SIXTEEN different contraceptives under their insurance plan There are only four contraceptives they do not cover. The media has made it sound as though HL refused to cover all contraceptives. That simply is not true. I think a lot a people are going to want to work there. How many other retail stores pay $14.00 an hour?
How did we wind up with a pack of useless, old, narrow, groupthinking drones on the Court? Of course this turd of a decision joins Citizens United and Heller as abominations that at some point in the future will be completely reversed. You don't get to choose what your employees do with benefits. Corporations are not people. Gun nuts are not a well-regulated militia.
How did we wind up with a pack of useless, old, narrow, groupthinking drones on the Court?
It is called diversity – you are part of the group think that limits peoples freedom of expression. Whether someone wants to piss on a Crucifix or adore it – is none your you're fascist business. Get off you can and help people – stop whining for benefits. Your perennial victimhood is a really bum job.
I think this misses an important point, which is that a corporation is not supposed to be just its owner or owners under an assumed name. There is a legal separation, even among closely-held corporations, that must be preserved if the entity is not a sham. (And when it is found to be a sham, the owners rightfully lose their personal immunity from the entity's liabilities.)
This decision smacks of the political, precisely because Alito tries to characterize it as a narrow one. He would pierce the separation and permit the entity to become the personal alter ego for the purposes of one class of owners, and not others.
Hey … If this were really about religion… wouldn't single men be denied viagra?
Closely held corporations are mostly tax shams so the rich can avoid estate taxes. Works like this… David Green launches hobby lobby on less than $1000. At some point he creates a corporation with different classes of stock. He gives his kids stock that have little value. Over time he converts the shares so the value is shifted to his children's stock. The kids get huge capital gain and live off dividends taxed at 15%. Estate tax is completely dodged.
Another advantage of being rich is the laws are written to your favor – tax wise – and religion wise.
Could it get any better???
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I change it whenever I get bored with the one I'm using. I make them myself (hence they're so crappy).
I use images I see on line and scans I make from manga I own.
So, as the question poses: How often do you change your ava/sig set? Do you make your own, do you request from cg artists or do you download from websites or other sources? Since sigs/avas are sort of a channel of self-expression and personality, how important is it to you? Does your sig and ava represent yourself, your fave character, do you just simply like it or is it there just for the sake of having something of an image? >.<
To answer my own questions, I change my sig/ava set whenever I feel like it... Which is in about 2 to 3 months... I make multiple ava/sig sets on my own in one sitting but images are either from downloaded scans/screencaps or from my own personal artbooks... It sort of bears its own significance because it expresses a bit of who I am while highlighting my fave anime gals in their cutest expressions... So yeah... that's it... How about you guys? ^.^
I change it whenever I get bored with the one I'm using. I make them myself (hence they're so crappy).
I use images I see on line and scans I make from manga I own.
I change my avatar and signature whenever I feel like it. I make my own siggehs and I use previously saved images I found while surfing the Internet.
Yes, it is somewhat important for me to have one. It represents myself, yes. It reminds me of my emotion while making my sig. Every sig I make has a hidden story behind it. It's not just a simple graphic design, you see? It also represents my favorite character. I make some sigs with their story in my mind. It's sort of like a tribute for them in a way.
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I rarely change my avatar. When Street Fighter 2 Collection comes out for Xbox I will change it to Chun Li for a week. I always change my sig though.
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For some of "us" who have less power (no PS) I usually get mine from raw sources and "make it usable" But I prefer drawing my own by hand. I don't hardly ever change my ava/sig though. (mainly because I draw like crap)
I NEVER use other "premade" sigs from general websites. I do think that the "request a sig" is a good idea though.
I just change mine whenever I feel like playing with GIMP.
Mine are usually pieces of other peoples work. I take the character and then add effects, colours, background and whatever to make it as different as possible from the original.
The real credit belongs to the original artist though..
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I change my depending if I have a new set made or not...haha. Nowadays, am to lazy to make new sets, so been with this one for about three mos. now. But before that, I would change every two to three weeks.
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The film follows the journeys of two teenagers, ELIZABETH and KILLIAN, whose lives intersect one cold night in an old treehouse, deep in the forest. After the sudden disappearance of a local brother and sister, the town of Westlake is put under a curfew by local law enforcement. The annual fair is canceled, much to the annoyance of KILLIAN and CRAWFORD, two brothers attending Bayscout High. They decide to sneak into the woods that night to meet some local girls and shoot off some fireworks.
When their friends do not show up, the two brothers decide to paint the sky. When the fireworks illuminate a structure high up in the trees, they discover a treehouse. Inside it is ELIZABETH whom they recognize from local news reports as the missing sister. ELIZABETH is badly injured and unable to recall what has happened. All she is able to articulate is that 'things' took her little brother. CRAWFORD runs for help, while KILLIAN waits with her. Crawford never returns.
What follows is a nightmare journey into Hell as the "things" within the woods lay siege to the treehouse. It is only a matter of time before the treehouse – their sanctuary – eventually becomes their tomb. ELIZABETH and KILLIAN are forced to find a way out in order to survive and learn the fates of their brothers. Their escape ultimately leads them to a shocking revelation, culminating in a brutal finale with their attackers.
- There's currently no US distribution.
- Alternate synopsis: "The story for Treehouse focuses on missing teenagers and unknown shadows in the local Missouri woods. A brother and sister are kidnapped and two brothers find one of the victims, Elizabeth. Elizabeth is alone and afraid, in an isolated fort; several shadows lurk below. All three classmates will have to face an unimaginable evil, if they are to survive the night."
- Described as "a dark, coming-of-age thriller set in the heartland of rural America."
- Director Michael Bartlett also helmed The Zombie Diaries and Zombie Diaries 2.
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Friday fishwrap: mediocre wines, an upcoming Pinot tasting, and props to Von Strasser
I've given brutal scores lately to some expensive wines, most of them new entrants to the California marketplace. When a wine costs $40, $50 or more, and it's not even as good as some other wine that costs $15, it gets me irked.
Of course, I can't allow my emotions to enter into my scores. But if you read between the lines of my reviews, you might occasionally glimpse a certain dismay.
This is the critic's conundrum. We're only human. We get dazzled by great wines, even if they're hugely expensive. Sometimes, I have to hold myself back a little in praising a great wine, or risk being accused of score inflation, which I believe is an issue that has not been seriously addressed. On the other hand, it's easy to get bored with mediocre wines, which dominate every region no matter how famous.
I always wonder if a winemaker or proprietor who's putting out a $50 bottle of wine that scores 84 points knew in advance that the wine was mediocre. Maybe they did, and cynically released it anyway, knowing that people will buy it because of its pretty label, or at the tasting room, or whatever. On the other hand, maybe they didn't. It would be a huge mistake to assume that all winemakers have good palates. I know some who put out mediocre wine year after year after year. (Why they still send me samples, when they have good reason to know I don't like their style, is a riddle to me. It's that old definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result.)
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Speaking of winemakers, I'm getting ready to assemble my panel for March 9th's Pinot Noir Summit, at the Golden Gate Club, in San Francisco's Presidio National Park. I haven't decided on a theme yet, but am tinkering with the notion of regional differences between the southern Russian River Valley (including Green Valley) and Fort Ross-Seaview. In general, the south valley is chillier and foggier, because it's low-lying and gets a strong push of maritime influence coming up from the Petaluma Gap. Most of the Fort Ross-Seaview vineyards, on the other hand, lie at altitudes above the fog line, so they bask in sunshine while their sister vines down in the valley are swathed in fog. You'd expect this situation to express itself clearly in the Pinot Noirs from both regions, and it does: valley wines are darker and more tannic on release, while Fort Ross Pinots tend to be more accessible early. I don't think either is more ageable than the other; I wouldn't mind having a couple cases of Flowers alongside a couple cases of Joseph Swan in my cellar.
Finding themes for public tastings can be challenging. There's a tendency on the part of some people to make the topics too geeky, but it's my impression that the public gets bored with abstruse discussions of technique. People want fairly simple, accurate information, in an easy-to-digest form. They don't want to wade through the intricacies of grape chemistry, irrigation, maceration techniques and tannin management. A little of that goes a long way. They also want personality: not all good winemakers are good panelists (and not all good panelists are good winemakers!). A few years ago, I had a certain winemaker on one of my panels and he/she was as boring as a doorknob. Won't make that mistake again.
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A quick word of praise in passing for Von Strasser's latest batch of Cabernet Sauvignons from their Diamond Mountain estate. Great wines, and all the more impressive for coming from a 2011 vintage that was as challenging as any in memory. These wines show the importance of well-drained mountain vineyards in a cold year, and of vigorous pruning and sorting decisions. Of the six new '11s, I gave my highest score to the Estate, but Spaulding, Sori Bricco, 2131, Post and the regular '11 Cab weren't far behind. All are ageable. I don't think Von Strasser gets the recognition they deserve, but they should.
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Sideways is ten years old!
Can it really have been ten years since Sideways came out?
Yup. It was in 2004 that the movie hit the big screen. I remember going to see it–if there was ever a "must-see" film for a wine critic, Sideways was it. To tell you the truth, I didn't care all that much for it at the time. I was a bit peeved that it made the Miles character such an a-hole; since he was "the wine guy," I identified with him, and I thought he made people who were passionate about wine seem neurotic, even petulant and infantile. (Maybe we are.)
But with the passage of time I've come to think more highly of Sideways. I recently saw it again and thought that it really is quite a pleasant flick. But I still admire and respect it more for its historical import than for its filmic values.
Did Sideways prove to be the impetus behind Pinot Noir's startling rise to fame? On the "yes" side is the testimony of Santa Barbara County vintners who say they saw their sales soar in the months following the movie's release. Tourists allegedly flocked to the Santa Rita Hills in droves, buying Pinot like there was no tomorrow.
On the "no" side, though, is ample evidence that Pinot Noir already was happening in America, and it was only a matter of time before it achieved superstardom. Maybe it would have taken a few years longer without Sideways, but Pinot was well on its way. Plantings were increasing in all the vital coastal appellations, from Santa Rita Hills up through the Central Coast to Sonoma County and into Anderson Valley. Critics–those who were paying attention–already had taken notice of Pinot's charms. It was obvious to me: Well before Sideways, going back to the 1990s, I'd given extremely high scores to the likes of Belle Glos, Fiddlehead, Lynmar, Dutton-Goldfield, Patz & Hall, Goldeneye, Talley, Laetitia, Lazy Creek, Acacia, Testarossa, Gary Farrell, Williams Selyem, Rochioli, Merry Edwards, Fort Ross Vineyard, Hanzell, Longoria, Ancien, Tandem (miss them), Iron Horse, MacRostie, Mondavi Reserve and many others.
Has Pinot Noir changed in the last ten years? I don't think all that much, not at the high end. The invasion of the Dijon clones already had occurred, bringing in that purity of fruit. There may be a slight tendency lately to consciously strive for lower alcohol [i.e. below 14%], but that may also partly be due to the 2010 and 2011 vintages being cool ones. Certainly the wines today seem cleaner and more focused; I hardly ever detect brett anymore (not the worst thing anyway, in small doses). And the best wineries remain rigorous in sorting out bad berries and bunches.
What has changed, though, is that the mosaic of individual wineries, working at great distances from each other (Anderson Valley is 500 miles north of Santa Barbara) is turning into a clearer image of coastal terroir. It's amazing, when you think about it, that Burgundy is such a concentrated place; it's only 75 miles from Dijon to Macon. Whereas we have in California that 500 mile stretch–and if you add Oregon to the equation (also a coastal winegrowing area) it's more like a thousand mile stretch, of superb Pinot Noir terroir. Surely that must be unique in the world of wine.
The excitement of that post-Sideways moment has died down, probably a good thing, as it had become a bit of a fad to drink Pinot Noir, and fads always are eventually replaced by newer fads. Pinot Noir has proven to be no mere fad. The wine has taken its place in the pantheon of great California wines, in fact great world wine. How cool is that. And how interesting that it occurred just at the same moment in the evolution of California's gastronomic culture as did our incorporation of practically every ethnic cuisine in the world (certainly those around the Pacific) into our foods. I don't think there's a better red wine anywhere to drink with everything from Vietnamese and Mexican to barbecue, Italian, French, Afghan, Chinese, fusion, modern American, you name it. Cabernet, with its heavier tannins, is not the most versatile red wine. Pinot Noir, pure silk and satin, and brimming with acidity, is.
The next step, one that will take a while, is to determine Pinot Noir's ageworthiness. The oldest wines from many top wineries are not yet old. We need to see if the 2012s, which haven't even started appearing yet in serious quantities, are 10 year wines, 15 year wines, 25 years wines, or even older. There's no reason why some of them shouldn't be. But I'll leave it to a future generation of wine writers to figure that out!
Upcoming Pinot Noir and Chardonnay events to check out
The Chardonnay Symposium, with which I've been associated, has new ownership and a new location that will make it easier for Northern Californians to go. The details are still being worked out, including those of the panel I'll be moderating, but here's the basic 4-1-1: instead of being held at Byron Winery, in the Santa Maria Valley, the event is moving up the coast to the Dolphin Bay Resort & Spa, whose official home city is Pismo Beach, but it's actually in little Shell Beach, just to the north–and by coincidence is right next door to The Cliffs Resort, which was the longtime home of World of Pinot Noir, until WOPN decided to move south this year to Santa Barbara and into Bacara Resort. As you know, I'll be "the official blogger" again of WOPN.
This bit of musical chairs is interesting because it sheds light on the evolution of wine events. WOPN's directors for years had been talking about moving into a bigger, more urban locale, in order to accommodate more people, and Bacara certain fulfills that requirement. Meanwhile, The Chardonnay Symposium, which consciously patterned itself after WOPN, similarly waited for the day that the rather austere, amenity-less Santa Maria Valley would no longer be big enough to accommodate it; and, that day having arrived, its officials made the decision to move to Shell Beach. Maybe in ten years, The Chardonnay Symposium will move to a big Santa Barbara hotel-resort, or even up to San Francisco. You never know.
Choosing a topic for an event panel always is a challenge. You don't want it to be too geeky-technical because that would bore a lay audience (and, to be quite honest about it, geeky panels bore a lot of winemakers, too). On the other hand you don't want the topic to be too broad and simplistic. You have to find something in the middle. Last year, our topic was unoaked-vs.-oaked Chardonnay, one I did not choose personally but did my best to make interesting. I don't think it was the most stimulating topic ever; if I was rating it, I'd give my panel 88 points. This year, we're still talking about the topic. At any rate, we'll try to get the best winemakers we can, so attendees will be able to meet some superstars and taste their Chardonnays.
I've also agreed to be part of this year's Pinot Noir Shootout & Summit. Details are extremely sketchy, but I'll be talking about it when I find out more. I think our topic will differing styles of California Pinot Noir. I broadly classify the variety into two styles: lighter, lower-alcohol wines and darker-colored, fuller-bodied ones. I do not favor one over the other. Both have their uses at the table, and both are ageworthy, provided they're balanced to begin with.
It's funny that there's no major statewide event for Cabernet Sauvignon. But how could there be? Anything that Napa Valley does (e.g., Premiere Napa Valley) is pretty much the equivalent of a statewide Cabernet event, so identified has that single appellation become with that wine type. I'll be at Premiere too, and hope to see lots of winemakers there.
A final word about that Multifamily Social Media Summit I spoke at on Wednesday evening. First off, it was really interesting to explore this sub-culture of housing specialists. Who knew such a thing existed? But housing, of course, is a huge industry, and I felt right in the middle of its vital center for the few hours I hung out with those nice folks in Santa Rosa. They're just getting into social media–how to use it in their jobs–and between me and the other speaker, Siduri's Adam Lee, they definitely got some offbeat perspective. It was from the points of view of two people in the wine industry, with very different jobs but a common interest in social media. Hopefully, the housing people were able to extrapolate our experiences and advice and incorporate it into their own needs.
Have a great weekend!
Wednesday wraparound: World of Pinot Noir, and Hearty Burgundy
Once again the World of Pinot Noir is happening, the 14th annual. Pinot Noir producers and lovers will again gather for two days of sipping and savoring under the sun, except this year, for the first time, WOPN will no longer be held at its ancestral home, the The Cliffs Resort, in Shell Beach Instead, the event is moving south, to the Big City of Santa Barbara, and the luxury Bacara Resort and Spa. WOPN has outgrown its humble origins for fancier digs.
There had been talk for many years of migrating away from Shell Beach and "growing" WOPN. Not being on its board of directors, I wasn't privy to the internal discussions. But I was close to the event (having gone from Day One) and close, too, to people within it. The move was delayed, I think, not because it didn't make sense to find a larger venue, closer to a major population center, but due to simple inertia. The Cliffs was a really nice place to hang out for a couple days. Their staff did a great job handling the event. The weather almost always cooperated along that stretch of the Central Coast (which actually can boast the nation's best weather in winter). It was nostalgic to return every year to Shell Beach, to the dog-friendly Cliffs, to have breakfast every morning at Marisol (I always sat next to the fireplace) and hang out on the terrace at night, drinking awesome Pinot Noir and Burgundy. It must have been hard for the organizers to say bye-bye to Shell Beach. But it had to be done.
And once again, this year I am "official blogger of World of Pinot Noir," as I was last year. Woo hoo! In practice this means I'll blog about it from time to time. Yes, this is a quid pro quo: They give me lodging (although not at Bacara itself) and waive the price of admission to all events.
The reason I like WOPN is because I like Pinot Noir. Not just the wine, but the culture it fosters. Pinot Noiristes are special people, different from Cabernet makers in important and not-so-subtle ways. Cabernet makers always seem a little snootier than Pinot makers. Maybe this is because Bordeaux–the city and its environs–is considerably more buttoned-up than Burgundy. In Bordeaux, the chateaux are elaborate Beaux Arts palaces whose sound construction suggests old, distinguished money. Burgundy by contract is a simpler place, more rural, less visibly defined by cash. This dichotomy has transferred to California. Pinot Noir winemakers seem less self-conscious, more connected to the earth, than Cabernet winemakers. They wear clothes more like mine. They're no less serious than Cabernet vintners, but more approachable, and perhaps a little less sure of themselves. It's almost as if Cabernet makers know they're at the top of their game (I mean, where do you go from Harlan?), while Pinot makers have the attitude of, "Hey, I'm not even close to figuring this out!"
WOPN has grown up, and it's been a pleasure to grow beside it. From a little Central Coast event it's become a worldwide showcase. WOPN isn't as big as the International Pinot Noir Celebration, nor will it ever be in all likelihood. But it is the biggest Pinot Noir event in California (and hence the second biggest in America) and I am glad to be able to return.
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Speaking of Pinot Noir–well, Burgundy–E&J Gallo has announced that this is the 50th anniversary of their Hearty Burgundy.
Surely HB is one of the most famous wines ever in America. Can you come up with another, home-grown? I used to drink a lot of that wine, and I'm sure lots of other people did. I didn't know what grape varieties were in it and I didn't care. All I knew was that it was cheap, dry and really good. To this day I have fond memories of it. Kudos to Gallo for that wine. By the way, thinking of it recalls an incident that happened in 2001, I think it was. It was the 100th anniversary of Beaulieu Vineyards. We were at a big event where then winemaker Joel Aiken presided over a tasting of every Georges de Latour Private Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon ever made. Robert Mondavi, who was among us, stood to deliver a stirring paeon of praise to the wines. Then Ernest Gallo clanged on his glass. We all fell into silence as he rose majestically from his chair. "These wines," he said (and I paraphrase from memory) "are all dead. You want to drink a great red wine?" Here, he lifted up his glass and declared triumphantly, "Gallo Hearty Burgundy!"
Jaws dropped, but there was more amusement and affection than shock. That was Ernest Gallo, outspoken and direct. And who, after all, is to judge? Thank you, Gallo winery, and salud! for Hearty Burgundy!
My "sensational list" of California Pinot Noir
Some years ago, at a blind tasting of California Pinot Noirs we did for a big story in Wine Enthusiast, Laetitia took highest honors in my scores.
The vintages 2003-2007 were fantastic ones for Laetitia, and while quality seems to have leveled off lately (could it be the cool summers in an already cool region, Arroyo Grande Valley, so that the wine aren't as voluptuous?), the wines remain compelling. So I was not surprised to read this article, in The Drinks Business, which describes a tasting of California Pinot Noir, hosted by Karen MacNeil at the Rudd Center in St. Helena, in which Laetitia outclassed everyone else.
Karen's panel tasted 126 Pinots; of these, 18 wineries made the final cut, and they certainly represent the pick of the litter in California: Brewer-Clifton, Au Bon Climat, Samsara, Martinelli, Joseph Swan, Williams Selyem, Kosta Browne, Failla, Littorai, Foursight, Peay, Scribe, Pisoni, ROAR, Siduri, Sanford and Paul Lato, in addition to top-ranked Laetitia. (Doesn't this list make your mouth water?) Karen is certainly correct when she observes, "In the last 10 years, the quality [of Pinot Noir] has skyrocketed faster than any other variety."
Karen also is correct in noting the vast geographic spectrum in California in which great Pinot Noir is produced: a stretch of 500 miles, from Anderson Valley all the way down the coast to the Santa Rita Hills. That's pretty remarkable, in a world where most wine regions are maybe 20 or 30 miles across. You can attribute California's success to the fact that the entire coast, despite being chopped up into the political subdivisions of counties, is essentially one vast terroir in which similarities of climate (always more important than soil in California) are far greater than differences.
I'd like to add some wineries to Karen's list of "sensational" producers: Flowers, W.H. Smith, Bonaccorsi, Merry Edwards, Golden Eye, Talley, Tantara, Lynmar, Marimar Estate, Bjornstad, Hartford Court, Foxen, Longoria, Ojai, Sea Smoke, Babcock, Morgan, Testarossa, Rochioli, De Loach, Dutton-Goldfield, Paul Hobbs, Byron, Cambria, MacPhail, Gary Farrell for starters. The problem with trying to come up with a classification of great Pinot Noir wineries in California is that every month there seem to be a few more.
As for regions, I couldn't pick any of California's Pinot Noir appellations as being better than the others. They're different. Santa Lucia Highlands Pinots are big, tannic and juicy; Carneros is more delicate. Santa Rita Hills Pinots are fabulously delicious and spicy, while the far Sonoma Coast's brim with fresh acidity and wildland ferality.
Speaking of Pinot Noir, the schedule is out for 2014's Kapalua Wine & Food Festival, at 32 years the nation's oldest. It runs from June 12-15, at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton, on Maui. You may recall I headed up last year's panel on Pritchard Hill. This year, we have something just as exciting: top wineries and wines from the Santa Lucia Highlands. Tickets go on sale starting Feb. 15. This is not an inexpensive festival to go to, but believe me, if you haven't been, it's worth every penny. And not just for the wine: those late nights by the pool are memorable.
2012 vintage: a report card
I've tasted only about 700 wine for Wine Enthusiast from the 2012 vintage (the number should eventually rise to several thousand), but based on what's come in so far, this is going to be a hugely successful year for Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir.
Most of the better red wines have yet to be released. But a few early Pinots show the vast promise of the vintage. Santa Arcangeli made a 2012 Split Rail Vineyard, from the Santa Cruz Mountains, that knocked my sox off, while early '12s from Siduri, Reaper, Orfila, The Gardener and Patz & Hall all scored above 90 points. I would expect that, in two years or so when we'll have the lion's share of top coastal Pinots in, there will be lots of 95-and-above scores, and maybe–who knows?–some perfect 100s.
Very little 2012 Cabernet has come my way yet, mostly under-$20 stuff, but even this grouping, which can be so mediocre, has lots of scores in the 86-88 point range, with wines showing plenty of vigor and good fruit. Cabernet in tnis price range is frequently disappointing, with thin flavors, so when you get a bunch of nice ones, it bodes well for what's yet to come. So 2012 could really be a blockbuster Cabernet year.
The 2012 Chardonnays, however, are now pouring in. I would characterize them overall as elegant, well-structured wines. What they may lack in opulence they more than make up for in balance and class. I have a feeling, though I can't prove it, that vintners are dialing back on ripeness and/or oakiness, in favor of acidity and freshness. A Foxen 2012 Chardonnay, from the Tinaquaic Vineyard of the Santa Maria Valley, typifies this lively style, combining richness with minerality and tartness and alcohol well under 14%. Even unoaked Chardonnays, such as Marimar Torres' Acero bottling, are so delicious that they don't really need any oak. So, again, 2012 should prove to be a fantastic Chardonnay year.
It's not just the Big Three–Chardonnay, Cabernet and Pinot Noir–that show such promise in 2012. A handful of Sauvignon Blancs that have come in (Ehlers Estate, Atalon, Matanzas Creek, Cosa Obra, Capture, Rochioli, B Cellars, El Roy, Longmeadow Ranch) show the ripeness and acidity that variety needs, without any of that annoyingly unripe, cat pee pyrazine junk. And Viognier, which is probably the most difficult white variety of all to get right in California (not too green, not too flabby and sweet), shows real promise, as indicated by bottlings from Pride Mountain, Qupe, Kobler and Nagy. The wines are racy and balanced. I could say the same thing about rarer whites, such as Bailiwick's Vermentino, Birichino's Malvasia Bianca, Grüners from Zocker and Von Strasser, white blends such as Vina Robles' White4, Roussanne (Truchard), Albariño (Longoria, La Marea and Tangent), and dry Gewurztraminers (Gundlach Bundschu, Claiborne & Chruchill)–all these are 90 points or higher, exciting to drink, mouthwatering, ultra-versatile with food. And finally, rosé. Up to now, it's never been my favorite California wine (too flabby and sweet)–but 2012 could change my mind. The few I've had so far (Lynmar, Chiarello Family, Ousterhout, Gary Farrell, Demetria)–wow. Dry, crisp, delicate and fruity, just what a rosé should be.
So here's to many more magnificent 2012s to come. It will be the best vintage in many years, at least since 2007–and all the early signs are that 2013 could exceed it.


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"I do think it would have been a travesty had we not won the match because I felt we dominated for long periods in the 90 minutes."
The England Under-21 international made a stunning save diving low to his left after Tom Williams had brought down Jack Lester.
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Thursday, April 11 through Sunday, April 12, 2013 From the Augusta National Gulf Club in Augusta, Georgia 2604 Washington Road Augusta GA 30903 THE MASTERS 7,435 Yards, Par 72 Thursday, April 11th - 3:00 P.M. - 7:30 P.M. on ESPN Friday, April 12th - 8:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M. on ESPN Saturday, April 13th - 3:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. on CBS Sunday, April 14th - 2:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. on CBS Purse: TBA, $8 Million in 2012 Winner's Share: TBA, $1.44 Million in 2012 Last Year Bubba Watson won his first major title, beating South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen with a par on the second hole of a playoff. www.masters.com www.golf.usatoday.com
Wednesday 4.10.2013 USA Today Steve DiMeglio A Happy Tiger Is A Dangerous Tiger! Scandal seems a world away as Woods - back at No. 1 - arrives in Augusta, relaxed, ready and at peace. Tiger last won the Masters in 2005 >> There's just something about Tiger Woods this year. The look is different, the swagger is back. The joy is evident, the smile is more frequent. And with club in hand, he is reminiscent pf the Tiger who dominated the sport for a decade. << http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...-good-place-masters-augusta-national/2068467/
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So would anybody else have gotten a 2 stroke penalty for what Tiger did? Or would they have been DQ'd?
Do they sign after every round or just at the end of the tournament? Because they said that Augusta didnt review it until this morning and imposed the 2 stroke penalty.
New rule change prevents the DQ. The penalty was not known until after he was on 18, WHEN A TV VIEWER CALLED IT IN.
sign the card after each/every round. did the drop occur in yesterday's round? was it on the 15th hole? or where did it occur? if it was yesterday -...geezus, all of us common folk would probably have been DQ'ed.
On Friday at the Masters I noticed that a somewhat beat-up Gator bag had shown up on the first tee. Watched to see the owner; it was T.J. Vogel, a 22 year old Gator who won the Amateur Public Links championship to qualify. I gave him a restrained "Go Gator" and he seemed appreciative to be acknoledged at such a hallowed event, giving me a Thanks before he began the 2nd round. Unfortunately he missed the cut, but another Gator, 41 year old Brian Gay made the cut in his second Masters.
i don't think i would have penalized tiger for that drop. went back to where he hit it, dropped 2 yards behind that location. but you have to either drop as close to the spot as possible or drop as far back as you want to go keeping the line where the ball last crossed the hazard between you and the pin. i think i would rule that what he did qualifies. but apparently he needed to be over on theone side of the fairway. to me though, i think the intent of the rule was met.
The golf guys on ESPN this morning were asked what score Tiger would have to shoot to win. They said 66. That would have put him at -9 and in the playoff.


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Advancing Your Lateral Hip Stability
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Are the hips, pelvis and torso dependent or interdependent of the shoulders?
Hi Michael,
Simple, yet complicated question. I would have to say the answer is both (if you're referring to rotation). When we test players, including professionals, we test their ability to have independence, or dissociation, of the upper body rotation (shoulders) from the lower body rotation (hips/pelvis) and visa versa. This independence can only occur within the limits of a players spine rotation flexibility. Beyond that though, when we look at 3D data on tour players we notice on the backswing that their "shoulder turn" eventually 'drags' the hips into rotation. Tour averages of Torso Rotation in the backswing are just under 90 degress and the Pelvis Rotation is around 40 degrees. So, you could say for the first ~50 degrees of their Torso Rotation they are independent, but for the next 40 degrees they are dependent upon each other. Similar 'dependent' actions occur on the downswing as the lower body initiates the movement, torso next, arms third and club head last, i.e. kinematic sequence. Sorry for the complicated answer but this kind of stuff goes right to the heart of "proper" golf fitness training. Good discussion material… thanks.
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Thank you. I have added the lateral hip exercise and the super mans into my routine. Burned at first, am getting stronger. Just returned from annual golf outing ( 4 rounds in 3 days).
I could really tell the difference, particularly 4 th round. You have helped me be a better golfer!!
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Summary: The fundamental goal in Tussy and Gustafson's INTRODUCTORY ALGEBRA, Third Edition is to teach students to read, write, and think about mathematics through building a conceptual foundation in the language of mathematics. The book blends instructional approaches that include vocabulary, practice, and well-defined pedagogy, along with an emphasis on reasoning, modeling, communication, and technology skills to develop students' fluency in the ''language of algebra''. Tussy and Gustafson ...show moreunderstand the challenges of teaching developmental students and this book reflects a holistic approach to teaching mathematics that includes developing study skills, problem solving and critical thinking alongside mathematical concepts. New features in this edition include a pretest for students to gauge their understanding of prerequisite concepts, problems that make correlations between student life and the mathematical concepts and study skills information designed to give students the best chance to succeed in the course. Additionally, the texts widely acclaimed Study Sets at the end of every section are tailored to improve students' ability to read, write and communicate mathematical ideas. ...show less
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Stupid Maple SyrupI was quite happy being asleep. But no, some blood Canadian thought it would be best to phone me. Not to mention phone me while impersonating me. twinfools is mental, I would like it to be known.And what's worse? There's three of them in total, not just one, zooming down the road towards the house right now.I told Kelly to take them back to the airport and leave them where she found them. She wouldn't listen to me.
Blame it on the Cosplay 217 cosplays. 11 hours of filming. 15GB of footage. 14 hours of editing. One mental cosplayer! Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZua8MqCcFw
MARAUDERS T-SHIRT CONTEST1) I adore the Ravenclaw threesome of Kingsley, Gilderoy and Xeno.2) I also happen to love the BROMANCE between Gilderoy and Lucius.3) But who could forget the four awesome coresome Marauders of James, Peter, Remus and Sirius.Here is my contest for you.Draw a digital design for any one of these and you will win fab prizes.What are the prizes?There will be three winners. One for each category. Each winner will not only get their drawings put on Parle t-shirts. They will get a free t-shirt with their design, an official Marauders house tie of their choice and a picture signed by every member of the Marauders cast.How do I enter this fantastic contest?Email me the pictures at firstname.lastname@example.com with the subject 'Marauder T-Shirt Contest.'When does it close?The contest will end on the 31st of October. You have until Halloween!I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF LUCK AND LOOK FOWARD TO WHAT YOU COME UP WITH!FINAL NOTE: ART THIEVES WILL BE NAMED AND SHAMED. SERIOUSLY.
Anime Revolution Review + Avatar VideoAnime Revolution ended a few days ago and I'm still riding that con high! In my opinion it was a stellar con with a really clean and professional atmosphere/vibe. It was the con's first year, but to me it ran (and looked) like a much more experienced con. I've heard a lots of criticism of the con, but not from the people I ran into at the con itself. Everyone I came across seemed to be in really good spirits and had a positive opinion of the con. I know that there are some tensions are Vancouver cons at the moment, but in my opinion the more the better! I'm not going to side with one con or another, to me that'd be silly, I want all the cons to succeed cause if my hometown was con central than I'd never be bored!!! WHICH IS AWESOME!I want to send a huge thank you to all of the people who attended our panels. They were all either full-capacity or over-capacity (like the Wig Panel, sorry to the people who had to sit in the aisle or stand in the back!). My only real issue with how the co
Writing Resources for Noobs (...and not-so-noobs)I spend a lot of time giving advice to young writers. It's cool, I like doing it, and I really don't mind spending time with newbies discussing the business and the art. But I thought it might be useful to everyone if I put some of my favorite stuff here in one post. Chuck gets it.I find that I often link a series of the same places over and over. There are a lot of resources out there on the web, and yeah, I could just tell y'all to go Google it, but while Google brings up some great links, I also have my own personal favorites. So here you go, EKA's Favorite Writing Resources:On Querying, Publishers, and AgentsAbsolute Write: Bewares & Background ChecksJennifer Represents, blog of l
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Active | 1949-1952 |
Country | United States |
Branch | United States Air Force |
Type | Command and Control |
Part of | Air Defense Command |
The 541st Aircraft Control and Warning Group (AC&WG) is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. It was last assigned to the 30th Air Division, stationed at Selfridge Air Force Base,Michigan. It was inactivated on 6 February 1952 and disbanded on 21 September 1984.
This command and control organization activated on 5 December 1949, and was responsible for the organization, manning and equipping of new Aircraft Control and Warning (Radar) units. On 1 May 1950, the reserve 565th AC&WG was activated as a Corollary unit at Selfridge, sharing the 541st's equipment and facilities. The 565th was called to active duty on 2 June 1951 and was inactivated, with its personnel used as fillers for the 541st. It was inactivated in 1952 with its units being assigned directly to the 30th AD.
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This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Air Force Historical Research Agency.
- Cornett, Lloyd H; Johnson, Mildred W (1980). A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization, 1946–1980. Peterson AFB, CO: Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center.
- Grant, C.L., The Development of Continental Air Defense to 1 September 1954, (1961), USAF Historical Study No. 126
- Leonard, Barry (2009). History of Strategic Air and Ballistic Missiile Defense, Vol I. 1945-1955. Center for Military History. ISBN 978-1-4379-2131-1.
- Winkler, David F.; Webster, Julie L (1997). Searching the skies : the legacy of the United States Cold War Defense Radar Program. Champaign, IL: US Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratories. LCCN 97020912.